Autopsy report · NCT00839137

Exercise Therapy for Asthma (ETA Trial)

“Study proved difficult to recruit”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 5 years 2 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 6 years before it stopped.
• 13 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Sponsor

Ohio State University

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Asthma

Participants

13

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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• Tele-health Enabled Clinical Trial for COVID-19
  “Unable to overcome hurdles to study recruitment” (80% match in meaning)
• Diagnostic Performance of an Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)
  “Difficulty with recruiting for the study and with staffing the study.” (80% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.